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HENRY L. P MER, or STILLWATER, NEWIYORK.

Letters Patent Nb'.1o5,4s5, dotted July 19, 1870.

mrn'ovemnm m ennsnnvme VEGETABLE xt-Risers.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same,

- I, HENRY L, PALMER, of Stillwater, in-the county of Saratoga, State of New York, have inyenteda new and useful Improved Mode of l -resorting Vegetable on contents in part is not attendedwith the admissionof fair, and the replacement" ofthe cap places the remain derof the contentsin as perfect a condition for pre! s'ervation as before thewithdrawal of a part.

Description of t lwicconipany'ing Drawing. Figiire 1- is an elevatiom v Fi ure 2is a longitudinal section. smile-capsule A is of a flexible material, impervious 1 was and.- water, and such as'will not be corroded by ,the contents, It may be of tin, madehy-drawing into a tnhnlarshape, with the end B-closedi The closed end is termed the breast, and i has a nipple, O,- 'on whose exterior issa. thread to fit the interior screw of the cap D. The nipple 'istraversed by a. canal, through which the medicaments are introduced and withdrawn,

and at 'theouterenrl of the canal is a. valve-seat, in whiclrfits the conical plug G, when the cap is screwed The lower end of the capsule is formed ;by flattening down the tube, smearing it with parafline or wax,

and then doubling it over, so as tol'orma seam or double seam;

The capsules are intended to contain the extracts, or .inspissated juices of medicinal vegetables, evaporated to such a consistencyas may render them con: venient for administration oradmixture Theineans of preserving them hermetically closed from the atmosphere will admit of their being pre sewed in a less'condenscd form, when 'so'desired,

than when preserved in the'ordinary gallipots or jar-sf ,Among the materials for-which my invention isdesigned, I. maycite the-extracts of. dandelion, hyoscya'mus,'colchicum, digitalis, hellebore, belladonna, 8w. I Claim What claim as new is- The hermetically-closed, flexible, and compressible capsule, for condensing vegetable extracts, as ..dc-

scribed, I I

' H. L. PALMER.

Witnesses:

. EDWARD H. KNIGHT,

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